Lect 15 (Form Objects PHP Session GET POST Method)

Passing variables between pages
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1. Passing form data
• Forms provide a mean of submitting
information from the client to the server
• We can create HTML forms using <form>
tag
• Method and action are the most
common attributes of <form>
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1. Passing form data…
• action - gives the URL of the application
that is to receive and process the forms
data
• method - sets the HTTP method that the
browser uses to send the form's data to
the server for processing
– most common methods are POST or GET
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• Get method : all form data is encoded
into the URL, appended the action URL
as query string parameters
Asad
asd@gmail.com
submit
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• Post method: form data appears within
the message body of the HTTP request
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1.1 Super Global Variables
• PHP automatically makes few variables
available in your program
• These are array variables and can be
accessed by name
• These variables are called super-global
variables because they can be accessed
without regard to scope
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1.1 Super Global Variables…
• $_GET: contains all the query string
variables that were attached to the URL
• $_POST: contains all the submitted
form variables and their data
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<body> Asad
<form method=“get”
action=“action.php”> asd@gmail.com
<input type=“text” name=“name”> submit
<input type=“text” name=“email”>
<input type=“submit”>
</form>
</body>
name email
$_GET
Asad asd@gmail.com
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<body> Asad
<form method=“post”>
<input type=“text” name=“name”> asd@gmail.com
<input type=“text” name=“email”> submit
<input type=“submit”>
</form>
</body>
$_POST
Asad asd@gmail.com
name email
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1.2 Accessing form data on action page
name email
$_GET
Asad asd@gmail.com
Action.php
Asad
<?php
asd@gmail.com $name = $_GET[‘name’];
submit $email = $_GET[‘email’];
?>
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1.2 Accessing form data on action page…
name email
$_POST
Asad asd@gmail.com
Ation.php
Asad
<?php
asd@gmail.com $name = $_POST[‘name’];
submit $email = $_POST[‘email’];
?>
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2. Passing text field data
Post Method
Text field Text field

name
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2. Passing text field data…
Data is received
Display a message
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2. Passing text field data…
We are at form page
We are on
action page
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2. Passing hidden field data…
Hidden Field name Hidden value

field
Accessing hidden value
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2. Passing hidden field data…
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2.3 Getting value from checkbox
name value
label
Value = “on” /> VB
Getting
value of ‘C’
Getting value
of ‘VB’
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2.3 Getting value from checkbox…
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2.3 Getting value from checkbox…
Checking for value of C
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2.4 Getting value from radio button
Same name Value is set
Value is not set
Getting value of
radio
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2.4 Getting value from radio button…
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2.5 Getting value from select list
Name of the list
Option and value
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2.5 Getting value from select list…
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3. Passing variables using sessions
1. A session is basically a temporary set of variables
that exists only until the browser has shut down.
2. Session temporarily stores the information on the
server. If we want to store the information
permanently than we need to use database
(mysql-phpmyadmin)
3. $_SESSION: represents data available to a PHP
script that has previously been stored in a session
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1. A session is usually used when we create a
user login form.
2. When user login, a session is created and after
logout session has been deleted.
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3. Passing variables using sessions…
name email
$_SESSION
Asad asd@gmail.com
First page 2nd page nth page

<?php <?php <?php
$_SESSION[‘name ‘] echo echo
=‘Asad’; $_SESSION[‘name ‘]; $_SESSION[‘name ‘];
?> $_SESSION[‘email ‘] ……. echo
=‘asd@gmail.com’; $_SESSION[‘email ‘];
?> ?>
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Steps to set and get SESSION values
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• session_start()- is used to start a session
• $_SESSION[‘variable_name’]- is used to store
data in session variable
• unset($_SESSION[‘variable_name’])- is used to
remove all session variables that are created
when the session is start.
• session_destroy()- is used to destroy a session
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Session starts
Session variable is
created
Link to the next

page
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Session starts
Session variable is accessed
link
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Session
variable’s value
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Session is
destroyed
Session is
accessed
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Example
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Thank you
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Text field Text field

Hidden Field name Hidden value

Accessing hidden value

Value = “on” /> VB

Checking for value of C

Value is not set

Option and value

First page 2nd page nth page

Link to the next

Session variable is accessed

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